Tesoro Gungnir H5 Review

Published by Luca Rocchi on 11.07.13
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Conclusion

Build quality

The overall build quality is on a good level, plastics are strong and solid despite some imperfections that are present and can be felt. The USB cable as well as the connector are of excellent quality. In this case you get a sleeved cable and gold-plated plug.

Design

The design is entirely new and with its congruent angles and parallel lines it reminds us of vehicles found in sci-fi movies. Overall never gets boring and it's nice to look at this mouse. Another great addition are the four LED's which feature fully customizable LED's. Doing those customization is a matter of minutes and therefore very easy.

Software

After installing the software we found it to be well structured and easy to use. We liked the possibility to import and export profiles, which is very useful in case of backup or sharing with friends. One note about the lack of integration with other Tesoro software: each device creates its own icon in the tray bar, so if you have a mouse and keyboard you will have two icons displayed. In the end we would love to see two things changed: first of all there is the software integration and the second thing concerns the fact, that apart from the software, you just don't get a hint which DPI setting you're using when the software is in the tray icon.

Perfomance

The optical sensor Avago-3090 offers up to 3500 DPI resolution, which is not sky high but still on a competitive level and for an optical sensor state-of-the-art. The Gungnir H5 handles quick movements and sudden changes of direction with ease. Thanks to the fact, that Tesoro equipped this mouse with Omron switches, they should survive more than five million clicks, which is actually quite a lot. Flipping this rodent on its back reveals two huge gliding pads, which allow smooth and even gliding characteristics on all surfaces and thanks to theses pads being made from teflon it will take ages until they're worn out. If we had to look for flaws, then the only thing would be the placement of the two buttons to change the DPI resolution. We would have love to see them in a position where it's easier to access them.

Price

For as less as 39 Euro you get a mouse which can even compete with high-end products. It's not absolutely perfect but with the Gungnir H5 you get an excellent combination of price and performance. Obviously with its purple surface this mouse wont be everybodies darling, but still it's a very decent piece of hardware.
Tesoro's Gungnir gets four out of five stars.





Page 1 - Introduction
Page 2 - Preview
Page 3 - Features
Page 4 - Closer look
Page 5 - Software
Page 6 - Conclusion




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